The diving bell spider (Argyroneta aquatica) is the only spider species known to live almost entirely underwater. This is ...

Helicopter damselflies specialize in preying on web-building spiders, like the little orb weavers. This predatory flyer is ...

It usually comes up late at night, often as a joke that lands a little too well. Someone says you swallow spiders while you ...

Spiders are often treated as simple ambush predators, reacting only to what touches a web or wanders too close. Research over ...

Ingenious web construction and energy stored in stretched silk strands lend spiders super powers to lift animals too heavy for the spiders' tiny muscles to support.

This spider doesn’t run or hide when danger strikes. Instead, it builds a fake version of itself — and predators fall for it.

You'll want to keep an eye out for the unique webs that brown recluse spiders are known to make as you rid your home of these ...

Some of nature’s most mesmerizing works of art might just be hanging in your backyard. The artist is an orb weaver spider.

The wheels started turning in December, when players discovered a weird spider symbol carved into a pole. Laying that symbol ...

While killing them might calm your nerves, Sam said it's unnecessary as huntsman spiders very rarely pose a threat to humans.

Being the most profitable superhero of all time, Spider-Man has been treated pretty dang well in media—television, films, and ...

Will the FOX X-Men be forced to fight Spider-Man variants like Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield in a Secret Wars incursion??